By Evan Minsker on April 30, 2013 at 10:15 a.m. EDT

On last night's "Colbert Report", Stephen welcomed Iggy and the Stooges. They performed the track "Job" from their new album Ready to Die, with Iggy invading the crowd for a typically in-your-face performance. Colbert and Iggy also sat down for a chat to discuss the meaning of punk, Iggy's frequent shirtlessness, and more. Watch both clips below:

By Evan Minsker on March 24, 2013 at 8:07 p.m. EDT

"It's not easy to be that dark. A lot of people who try to express negative energy sort of just flail. They kind of come off like hamsters or something, where the more they try, the sillier it is. I thought they achieve a certain darkness. … They're known for doing very, very short albums and shows. When I started, that's what we always did."

By Evan Minsker on March 14, 2013 at 11:11 a.m. EDT

By this point, of course a Stooges concert is formulaic: They break out some gems from their back catalog and Iggy flails around onstage like a deranged ape. (At the Vans/Fat Possum showcase at Mohawk, they opened with "Raw Power" and "Gimme Danger".) But this is the fucking Stooges we're talking about here. These are classic songs played loud and sung by one of rock'n'roll's greatest frontmen. Even when the mix was blown out, it was still abundantly clear that James Williamson's guitar, Mike Watt's bass, and Steve Mackay's saxophone were all near flawless at every turn. (Seriously, Williamson's "Search and Destroy" solo sounded almost identical to the one on Raw Power.)

By Jenn Pelly on March 5, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. EST

Iggy and the Stooges are prepping a new record, Ready to Die, to be released April 30 via Fat Possum. (They're pegging it as the followup to 1973's iconic Raw Power, although the Stooges last released 2007's The Weirdness.) Today, the label has let go a cut from the record, "Burn", which appears on the record alongside tracks with such titles as "Sex & Money" and "Job".